Masu yawon bude ido masu ƙishirwa suna bin Titin Ale na Ontario

A ina aka fi shigo da giya mafi kyau? Belgium, ka ce. Ko watakila Birtaniya ko Jamus? Yaya game da lardin Kanada na Ontario, kusa da Kogin Detroit kuma a zahiri a ƙofarmu?

A nan ne Hanyar Biya ta Craft ta Ontario ta fara, ta miƙe a kudancin Ontario zuwa Ƙarshen Ottawa Valley. 'Yan tawayen da ke da ƙwarewa da masu yawon kishin masu ƙishirwa da suka yarda cewa wannan ya zama cikakkiyar wurin da za a ce, "ƙasa sama," Eh?

Ziyarci har zuwa 29 microbreweries, sun taru a tsakanin yankuna biyar na sana'a na sana'a na Ontario. A kan hanyar, za ku ji daɗin kyawawan wurare, ku ji daɗin tarihin Upper Canada kuma ku ziyarci al'ummomin abokantaka. Wataƙila za ku yi shirin ɗaukar ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan al'ajabi na yanayi, tsawa mai tsawa na Niagara Falls - ko wani abin al'ajabi mai ban mamaki da ɗan adam ya yi, Hasumiyar CN (gidan mafi tsayi a duniya).

Fara daga ko dai ƙarshen hanyar, gabas ko yamma, tare da motar haya (da direban da aka zaɓa). Ko kuma ku tashi zuwa Toronto don ɗaukar wani yanki mai wadatar kayan girki a cikin yankunan da suka ci gaba sosai da ke gabas da yamma na birnin kuma aka fi sani da "Doki na Zinariya."

Don amintaccen abin burgewa, hau zuwa saman babban gidan CN Tower na Toronto, wanda ya tashi zuwa ƙafa 1,815 (ko kimanin labaran 181). Mataki kan wani panel mai kauri mai kauri 21' ''2-inch' na gilashin zafi kuma duk abin da ke tsakaninka da titin. Yana da cikakkiyar lafiya, duk da haka, yana iya, ana iƙirarin, riƙe nauyin hippos 18 (ko da yake, an ce hippos zuwa saman hasumiya yana da ƙarin ƙalubale.) Tsanaki: Kalubalen ku na gaba bai kamata ya kasance tafiya a kan Niagara ba. Faduwa a cikin ganga. Mafi kyawun tsayawa zuwa tafiye-tafiyen jirgin ruwa zuwa Niagara's spray a cikin fitacciyar Maid of the Mist.

Niagara ƙasa ce ta ruwan inabi, amma kuma tana da abubuwan faranta rai ga masu shan giya. Duba lagers da jan cream ale a Taps Brewing Co. a Niagara-on-the-Lake da Niagara's Best Beer Ltd., a St. Catharines, inda Best Blonde premium ale ne zabi zuba.

Ko da yake, kamar yadda wani ma’aikacin microbrewery ya lura da wryly, “masu sana’ar sayar da giya sun zube fiye da yadda muke yi,” guraben sana’a sun damu da al’adar kulawa da sana’ar da ke bambanta su da ’yan kato da gora.

Gundumar Distillery

A cikin Toronto, hanyar ku na ale na iya farawa a cikin "Gundumar Distillery Tarihi," inda Mill Street Brewery ya mamaye wani gidan tanki na asali a cikin tsohuwar rukunin ruhohi na Gooderham & Worts. Rukunin mai shekaru 170 shine mafi girma kuma mafi kyawun adana tarin gine-ginen masana'antar Victoria a Arewacin Amurka. Mill Street Brewery ya mamaye ƙafa 6,000 kuma ya haɗa da buɗaɗɗen ra'ayi na giya, mashaya samfurin da kantin sayar da kayayyaki. A cikin 2007, an ba shi sunan Kamfanin Brewery na Shekarar Kanada.

Gundumar Distillery ƙauye ne kawai mai tafiya a ƙasa wanda aka sadaukar don zane-zane, al'adu da nishaɗi. An cika ta da gidajen kallo, dakunan wasannin fasaha da wuraren bita, gidajen cin abinci, mashaya da wuraren shaye-shaye, tare da wuraren wasannin kide-kide da yawa.

Bada lokaci don jin daɗin faɗuwar gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Toronto. Garin ya zama sananne a duniya a matsayin cibiyar wasan kwaikwayo na ma'auni mai kusanci da na London da New York. Hakanan wuri ne na cin abinci na duniya wanda ke da manyan mashahuran dafa abinci da ɗimbin wuraren cin abinci na ƙabilanci, masu cin abinci na unguwanni da wuraren shakatawa na gefen titi. Ƙara gidajen tarihi, gidajen tarihi, wuraren tarihi, bukukuwa masu raye-raye, manyan ƙungiyoyin wasanni, otal-otal na alatu, wuraren zama da wuraren shakatawa, kuma kuna da dalilai da yawa - tare da ɗaukar ingantacciyar giya na fasaha da aka yi a cikin ƙananan batches - don ziyarci wannan birni mai tarin yawa.

Ga waɗanda suke jin daɗin wasan kwaikwayo - musamman gidan wasan kwaikwayo na gargajiya - Stratford, Ontario yana da tafiyar awa biyu yamma da Toronto. Gida ne ga bikin Stratford, wanda babban kamfani na gargajiya na Arewacin Amurka ya samar. Kowace kakar (Afrilu zuwa Nuwamba) tana aiwatar da wasanni fiye da dozin a gidajen wasan kwaikwayo huɗu, suna wasa ga masu sauraro fiye da 600,000 a kakar wasa. An warwatse a ko'ina cikin birni da kewaye akwai dakunan kwanan gadaje da na karin kumallo sama da 125.

Stratford kuma yana yin ado da yawa game da giya tare da tsayawa tare da "Craft Beer Route" a Stratford Brewing Co. Masu shayarwa masu ban sha'awa suna zuwa can don sa hannu pilsner, wanda aka ƙera a cikin salon Turai na gargajiya, launin zinari kuma tare da "mai farin ciki" mai ban sha'awa.

Wani ɗan gajeren hanya daga gabas daga Stratford shine Kitchener-Waterloo. Biranen tagwayen da ke kusa da gabar kogin Grand River, suna bikin al'adun mutanen Jamus na farko. Kitchener, wanda ya fi girma daga cikin tagwaye, an san shi da farko da Berlin kafin ya canza sunansa a lokacin yakin duniya na farko. Wannan ita ce ƙasar Amish da Mennonite, amma kuma tana ba da tasha ga masu sha'awar giya a Brick Brewing Co., wanda ke da bambanci na kasancewa masana'antar sana'a ta farko ta Ontario.

Sauran abubuwan da suka fi dacewa a hanya: Ƙananan gidan Neustadt Springs Brewery, wani ɗan gabas da Tekun Huron, yana zaune a cikin abin da ake kira mafi tsufa na asali na aikin giya na Ontario. A cikin Barrie, a cikin wani kyakkyawan wurin shayar da ruwa kusa da tafkin Simcoe, Robert Simpson Brewing Co. yana ɗaukar lokaci don yin sana'a a hankali ta daɗaɗɗen arziƙin Confederation Ale. A Granite Brewery a Toronto, an mayar da hankali kan yin kwafin masu arziki, gargajiya, tsofaffin giya na Ingilishi. A Nobleton, King Brewery wanda ya lashe lambar yabo yana amfani da kyawawan abubuwan da aka shigo da su don samar da giya irin na Czech da Jamusanci a cikin sabuwar masana'antar giya ta Jamusawa.

Idan kun tafi

Bayani: Yawon shakatawa na Ontario (800) 668-2746, www.ontariotravel.net.

Zuwa can: Dukansu Toronto da Ottawa ana haɗa su ta jiragen sama kai tsaye daga Chicago (ciki har da sabon sabis na cikin gari na Porter zuwa filin jirgin saman lakefront na Toronto).